Moi, on Sept. 22nd '15: > > > THR > <http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/happy-birthday-copyright-ruled-be-826528> > > (link): A significant victory in the Happy Birthday case: plaintiffs > convince a Federal judge the Hill sisters didn't sign away the rights to > their lyrics to Summy. The judge suggested that even when the song was > published, the ladies asserted rights to the tune, but not the lyrics > (whaaa?)... in any case, new action awaits to see how much royalty money > can be recovered from Warner... >
Just found this, but it's a couple of weeks old: A children's charity, who contends to own the Hill Foundation, reportedly set up by the sisters (when?), is asserting rights to the song should the court finally take them from Warner (they've asked the judge to reconsider)... Ars Technica <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/11/a-new-happy-birthday-boss-charity-claims-it-owns-famous-songs-copyright/> (link) B -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
